From: The concept of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after poststernotomy mediastinitis – a single center experience with 54 patients
Complication
Number/
Percent
Instable sternum
1
1.9
Infection other than Mediastinitis
2
3.7
Respiratory failure
4
7.4
Atrial fibrillation
5
9.3
Re-Thoracotomy
Rupture of the right ventricle
No complication
40
74.1